MED2100 Foundations of medical practice

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Describe the ethical, professional and personal responsibilities, and behaviours consistent with good clinical practice and professional codes of practice.

2. 2

   Describe the fundamental legal responsibilities and ethical principles for clinical practice and apply these to learning scenarios.

3. 3

   Explain key concepts in population health, epidemiology and measurement of health and disease in populations including social, ethical, economic, and environmental factors.

4. 4

   Describe interprofessional health care teams and explain their role in health care.

5. 5

   Describe the importance of cultural practises in strengthening an individual’s identity and wellbeing and describe culturally safe communication when interacting with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals and family members.

6. 6

   Relate biomedical, scientific and clinical concepts to common and important illnesses, conditions and disorders and their causes, underlying pathophysiology and treatment.

7. 7

   Elicit histories and perform physical examinations on simulated patients and perform clinical procedures in simulated environments.

8. 8

   Integrate and interpret clinical findings in order to develop a differential diagnosis and outline basic management principles for very common conditions.